Can-cooling machine.



No. 676,070. Patented lune Il, IBOI.

E. MANULA.

CAN COOLING MACHINE.

(Application led. Max', 26, 1901.)

(No ModeI.)

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ERIK MANULA, OF ASTORIA, OREGON.

CAN-COOLING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 676,070, dated J' une 1l, 1901.

Application filed March 26, 1901. Serial No. 52,917. (No model.)

To all wiwi/1L ift muy con/cern:

Be it known that I, ERIK MANULA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Astoria, county of Olatsop, State of Oregon, have inventedan Improvement in Can-Cooling Machines; and I hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to improvements in machines for cooling cans afterthey have come from the soldering-machine.

It consists, essentially, of a revoluble reservoir having an annularcooling platform or table upon which the cans are deliveredautomatieally in upright position, guides by which the cans are movedoutwardly on this table in the course of the revolution of the latter,and means for delivering water to and from the reservoir, and of detailsmore fully to be hereinafter set forth, having reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section of myinvention, taken on the line .r :n of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan.

A represents an annular reservoir having a hub portion l, through whichthe shaft 2 passes and to which latter the hub is suitably secured. Adriving-pulley communicates motion to this shaft.

4 is an annular platform or table upon the reservoir. This table isprovided with grooves or cooling-channels 5.

6 is an upwardly-projecting flange on the inner edge of the table. Aring 8 of a width approximately the height of a can is slipped over thisflange and rests upon the table. It is thus easily replaceable at anytime by rings varying in size according to the heights of the cans thatare to be run through the machine.

The water-space in the reservoir is ordinarily about one and one-halfinches deep. lVater is admitted through the inlet-pipes 9 and isdischarged through openings 10 into the trough 11. The admission-pipesterminate, preferably, beneath the table, as shown, so that the cansreceive the fullest benefit of the cold water.

The cans are received directly from the soldering-machine into a chuteC, by which they are fed into the cooling-machine. As the cans come uponthis chute they lie in a horizontal position, and from this they arechanged to a vertical position by means of the ring 8 and the peculiarconstruction of the chute. The lower portion of the chute is formed orprovided with a raised outer guidewall portion 12, serving to keep thecans from running down the chute and oit of the platform. As the canenters the machine one end rolls upon the upper edge of the ring 8 andthe other end rests on the chute. The ineline of the latter brings thisend of the can lower continually, and by the time the can reaches theend of the chute it is in an upright position on the platform orcooling-table 4and over the inner groove 5. The revolution of the tablebrings the can against the fixed guide 13, by which the can is advancedoutwardly and over the second groove. Here the can remains till the nextrevolution of the table brings it againsta second and similar guide 14,by which it is ejected into the discharge-trough l5. Thus two rows ofcans are continually supported on the table, and their stay thereon islong enough to insure their thorough cooling. Vhile it is manifest thatthe width of this table may be increased and the number of guidesmultiplied, if desired, without any alteration of principle, I havefound the form shown to be sulcient for all practical purposes.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination in a can-cooling machine of a reservoir, an annularcan-supporting platform thereon, means upon which the cans are receivedin a horizontal position and then turned and delivered in uprightposition on the platform, and means whereby the cans are discharged fromthe platform.

2. The combination in a can-cooling machine of a revoluble reservoir, acan-supporting platform thereon and revoluble therewith, can-feedingdevices for receiving the cans in a horizontal position and thendelivering said cans on the platform in upright position, and means fordischarging the cooled cans.

3. The combination in a can-cooling machine of a revoluble reservoir, anannular platform thereon, inlet and outlet passages in said reservoir,achute upon which the cans in horizontal position are received, an annu-IOO lar guide with which one end of an entering can upon the chuteengages and by which it is tilted into a vertical position and means forfor discharginghthe cans from the platform.

4. The combination in a can-cooling machine of a revoluble reservoir,means for admitting and discharging water continuously to and from thisreservoir, a platform upon said reservoir,1neans for delivering cansupon this platform and guides whereby cans are moved outwardly upon thisplatform,` by consecutive revolutions of the reservoirand platform.

5. The combination in a can-cooling machine of a revoluble reservoir, anannular platform thereon, a flange on the inner edge of this platform, aring adapted to fit over said flange, a chute upon which cans to becooled are received in a horizontal position, said cans adapted to haveone eud engage with the upper edge of said ring as they roll down thechute whereby they are turned into a vertical position and means bywhich the cans are moved outwardly upon the platform by consecutiverevolutions of the reservoir and platform.

6. The combination of a can-cooling machine, of arevoluble can-support,an upward annular projection thereon,a ring fitting over saidprojection, a chute upon which cans in a horizontal position arereceived, said chute having its bottom portion curved approximatelyconcentrically with said ring, the cans adapted to have one end engagewith the upper edge of said ring as they roll down the chute wherebythey are turned into a vertical position upon the support, and meanswhereby the cans are moved outwardly upon said support a certaindistance by each consecutive revolution of the support.

In witness whcreofl have hereunto set my hand.

ERIK MANULA.

\Vitnesses:

J. R. A. BENNETT, R. C. CAssELL.

